Earl Anderza was a West Coast jazz

West coast jazz

West Coast jazz refers to various styles of jazz music that developed around Los Angeles and San Francisco during the 1950s. West Coast jazz is often seen as a sub-genre of cool jazz, which featured a less frenetic, calmer style than bebop or hard bop. The music tended to be more heavily arranged,...

 alto saxophonist who recorded only two albums, Outta Sight (Pacific Jazz 1962) which features pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 Jack Wilson

Jack Wilson (jazz pianist)

Jack Wilson was an American jazz pianist and composer.-Early life:Wilson was born in Chicago on August 3, 1936, moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana at age seven. From 1949-54, he studied piano with Carl Atkinson at the Fort Wayne College of Music...

 and drummer

Drummer

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 Donald Dean. The bassist is either Jimmy Bond or George Morrow

George Morrow (bassist)

George Morrow was a jazz bassist.Although most closely associated with Max Roach and Clifford Brown, Morrow also appears on recordings by Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt....

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A second recording date the following year featured Hadley Caliman

Hadley Caliman

Hadley Caliman , was an American bebop saxophone and flute player.After studying at the Jefferson High School with trumpeter Art Farmer and fellow saxophonist Dexter Gordon, Caliman performed or recorded with Carlos Santana, Joe Henderson, Earl Hines, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks, Earl Anderza,...

 (ts), Dupree Bolton

DuPree Bolton

Dupree Bolton was a bop jazz trumpeter from Oklahoma City, OK, probably best known for his obscure recordings with Harold Land and Curtis Amy.- Discography :*1959: The Fox - Harold Land...

 (t), Roosevelt Wardell (p), Clarence Jones

Clarence Jones

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 (b), and Chuck Carter (d). An almost forgotten artist.

Anderza's short and troubled live is the matter of a chapter of San Quentin Jazz Band, the book by Pierre Briançon which chronicled the gathering of top jazz musicians in the California prison in the early sixties. That's where Anderza met Dupree Bolton - and got to play with Art Pepper, among others.